Carmel Myers
3 credits on HibingeTV
American silent film actress, born in 1899 in San Francisco. She rose to prominence at Universal in the late 1910s and became a popular leading lady of the 1920s, often cast as exotic or glamorous types. Her credits include Ben-Hur (1925) and Beau Brummel (1924). With the arrival of sound she moved into television and later ran a successful real estate business. She died in 1980.
Acted In
Drama, Romance
John Barrymore stars as George Bryan "Beau" Brummel, the impoverished soldier who talks his way into the friendship of the Prince of Wales and the heart of Regency London society, only to fall when the prince withdraws his favor. Directed by Harry Beaumont for Warner Bros. and based on Clyde Fitch's 1890 play, the film is a showcase for Barrymore's stage-trained intensity, from the arrogant dandy at his peak to the broken exile in Calais. Mary Astor plays the woman he cannot have. The film survives in several cuts of differing length and is in the public domain in the United States.
Drama · Romance · Silent
Beau Brummel
1924 - as Lady Hester Stanhope
Drama, Romance
John Barrymore gives one of his great performances as Svengali, the grotesque, mesmeric music teacher who hypnotizes the artists' model Trilby (Marian Marsh) into becoming a famous singer — and destroys himself loving what he created. Adapted from George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby, the novel that gave English the word "svengali" for a manipulative mentor. Directed by Archie Mayo for Warner Bros., with expressionist sets that turn the hypnosis sequences into genuine nightmare imagery. The film is in the public domain.
Drama · Romance · Horror
Svengali
1931 - as Madame Honorine
Noir, Crime
Mary (Ava Gardner) returns to her small whistle-stop hometown and reignites an old rivalry between two men who never got over her — bitter, jobless Kenny Veech (George Raft) and slick nightclub owner Lew Lentz (Tom Conway). When Kenny gets pulled into a robbery scheme aimed at Lentz, old jealousy turns to murder. An early starring role for Gardner and a moody small-town noir from Russian émigré director Léonide Moguy, produced by Seymour Nebenzal (M) for United Artists release. The film is in the public domain.
Noir · Crime · Drama
Whistle Stop
1946 - as Estelle